Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Apr 23: To make Police Stations more women-friendly and accessible, 59 Women Help Desks have been established in Kashmir
As necessity is the mother of invention, many human crises have led to innovations that remained when the crises passed. The need to treat wounded soldiers in World War I brought us blood banks. The desire to avoid a repeat of the 1918 pandemic that came at the end of World War I led to the development of a flu vaccine when World War II broke out.
‘Precautions in place in polling booths’
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A number of safety precautions will be in place across polling stations on April 6.
As per the ECI guidelines, the number of electors allowed per polling station has been restricted to 1,000. All polling stations will be sanitised, starting Sunday.
All electors will wear face mask before entry. They will be subjected to thermal scanning and provided with one glove to press the button. Electors also have to maintain social distancing at the station. Arrangements are in place for safe disposal of Covid protective materials. All stations have been provided with assured minimum facilities. Wheelchairs will be provided in all stations to assist PwDs and volunteers will be available to provide transportation. Voter Help Desks will be in place under BLOs to guide electors in locating their names and polling station. Besides, the ECI has restricted number of counting tables to seven per hall at counting centr
SAANJH Help Desks & `181’ Helpline make Punjab safer for women, children, senior citizens ROZANA SPOKESMAN
Updated Mar 9, 2021, 3:09 pm IST
Women, children and senior citizens in Punjab can now simply call up `181’ to report any case of crime, harassment or domestic violence
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Chandigarh: Women, children and senior citizens in Punjab can now simply call up `181’ to report any case of crime, harassment or domestic violence with complete ease, with Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh launching his government’s unique SAANJH Shakti initiative.
The Chief Minister had on Monday virtually launched Punjab Police’s SAANJH Shakti Help Desks in all the 382 Police Stations of the state and SAANJH Shakti Helpline ‘181’, exclusively for Women, Children and Senior Citizens, as part of a slew of initiatives to mark the International Women’s Day.
By Chandra Vikash
We live in a globalized and dominantly urbanized society where 99% of all humans are both vulnerable and disadvantaged and 100% of them face extinction within 2-3 decades if the present self-destructive world order with fatal flaws, continues any further. Few such are a. the mass private ownership of the automobile b. artificial air-conditioning c. piped water and water pollution d. piped electricity and e. light and electro-magnetic fog pollution. To illustrate, more than 5 billion and fast breeding numbers of “Car Bombs” – Weapons of Mass Destruction – hide behind a thick smokescreen of a widely promoted and delusional “Car Culture”. Artificial air-conditioning culture similarly is a smokescreen to hide the poor design of the built-up environment and/or poor choice of location. Piped water and water pollution is legally permitted theft and criminal waste of a most precious resource.